The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-25
T.Ilaha..ee. Fla. August %. 1857.

COL Daniel Lamont Private Secretary, to
the President, ia having well-earned two weeks
vacation.
The President Will remain ct OAkview, his
country residence near Washington D. G. until
his trip south is begun.
-Aivan Clark. the astronomer and telesc ope
manufacturer, died in Cambridge, Mass, on the
18th, aged eighty three years
The election in Bradford county last week
TO determine the site of the county seat resulted
in the choice of Starke by small maj GRITTY.
The earnings of the Florida Railway and
Navigation Company for July were $72,S37-an
increase of $7y0Ss over that of the same month
last year.
AT the election in Santa Rosa county last
Monday the prohibitonists won the day. On
Tuesday they carried Suwannee county by
large majority.
Mr. r. c. Moore received his appointment
as Postmaster of Enterprise on Tuesday last
His bond will be forwarded to Washington 10 a
few days-Enterpriss Herald.
The Worcester Spy has four column para
graph under the caption Secession is Treason
Now" All right That being settled, does the
Spy know a good cure for cornss-Sdn Fran
cisco Alta.
More trouble has overtaken T. U. Jonea
Mr. Lionel Jacobs associate editor of Jackson
Wills bright weekly. the Sunday Crshqus. has
entered libel suit against the offensive daily for
$4,000 damages.
-Profess-l Spencer F. Baird, of the Smithso-
sion. oil. No. Hon. Mass, on the 10th.
Professor S. p Langley succeeds to the position
of The deceased scientist.
Judge Henderson, of Lebanon county. Penn
sylvania, decides that fruit overhanging fence
belongs TO the man who owns the ground over
which it hangs and that he can cut of the limbs
of the tree if he chooses.-Er.
The Agricultural Bureau at Washington
seems to have laid itself open to the suspicion Of
bearing the tobacco market. This will never
do. Better no reports, or no bureau, than gross
inaccuracy or cai's-pawng-N. Y. World.
Vincent, the defaulting State Treasurer of
Alabama, has been convicted of embezzling State
money and sentenced to ten years imprisonment
The Supreme Court Of Alabama will review the
Mr. W. H Shelter, patentee for rice-beat-
ing and cleaning machine has just sold the pat
eni-righi TO his said machine in and to three
founhs of the territory Of the United States for
consideration OF $15 0o0-Jacksonriue Neos- Her.
add
According to the Lake Region, Eustis is 60
ing 10 organize a company to construct a navi
al hnsu Lob Vol and
Ella. and the Ocklawaha river. A meeting to
that end was held there on the 6th--Lecs6urg
Commercial
United States Senator Pasco returned to his
home in Monticello few days since from visit
TO Massachusetts where his mother has been
quite i'll. The Senator will go North again in .
short time to return with his family later. His
mothers health is much improved.
When Governor E. A. Perry retires from
Office the almost Unanimous opinion will be
that be gave the State a wise clean, able and
just administration. A few disappointed Office
seekers may be dissatisfied, but the Governor
may well be pleased with the place he holds in
the hearts OF the peope.-Eustis Lake Region.
Last Thursday afternoon lightning struck
John Chisholm, DR.. j. p. Alfred, J. B. McEwain,
T. c. Cochrane and W. G. Shugsrt were all
shocked and injurcd-Mr. Chisholm very serious
ly. His clothes were torn and various portions
Of his body discolored.
Secretary Lamar, some months ago, had a
letter from an old lady in Ireland, asking if he
knew where her son was This kind-hearted
Secretary SET an inquiry on foot, and found the
son had killed man and been hanged for it in
one of the Territories. The Secretary hardly
knows how TO write to the cid mother Times
Democrat.
C @. Wood, the champion amateur sprin-
ter of England, who is coming to this country,
has won over two hundred athletic prizes. More
than one hundred and fifty first prizes have re-
warded his proves as runner. He weighs
nearly two hundred pounds. he is a farmer
and cattle-deaer and owns 300 acres in Norfolk
couniy. He holds various short-distance cham
pionsLi5.s in England, France and Belgium
On Sunday asst a rencontre occurred at
Starke between Capt j. c. Richard and Mr.. G.
C. Miller, in which both used pistols. A bullet
penetrated Capt Richards skull, and it is
thought will cause his death. MIR. Miller sur
rendered TO the Sheriff and requested to be taken
to- Jail 10 Duval county, which was done Capt.
r. is a well-known public man, and Mr.. M. .
substantial citizen Of the county.
Rev. ]. P. DePass, of Archer, the leading
peach cultivator of Florida, lately exhibited
specimens of two different varieties Of peaches
the Golden Press and the }" Golden Clear. "
They each weighed eight ounces. Mr.. DePass
has also developed another peach" DePass'
Extra Early" 1t is three weeks earlier than the
Peen-to. and has almost the same favor as that
Of the Honey peach. BY cultivation and untir-
ing energy, Mr. DePass has developed peach cul-
ture TO a high standard of excellence.-Oakland
Sun.
Captain John Reynolds and his corps of en-
gineers have completed their work at Tampa, rc-
turned and went into camp at the two-mile
branch on Wednesday. They remained there
this week doing Office work. On Monday they
will move down beyond the line and continue
the location of the permanent line in the direc-
ton of Tallahassee. AS soon as that line Is To-
Gated the one 10 Monticello will be permanently
fixed. The people of both towns will know, st
an early day, exactly what amounts they will
have to raise-IAonnosoile Times.
President Cleveland 10 leading the Life Of q
Cincinnatus at Oakview. He rises before seven,
dons blue serge suit and wide-brimmed straw
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